Explorer Seamount

The Explorer Seamount is a seamount located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of British Columbia, Canada. It is on the Explorer Ridge, a tectonic spreading centre that separates the Pacific and Explorer plates and so the volcanism is rift-related. It is the namesake of the Explorer Ridge.

Explorer Seamount
Explorer Seamount is located in British Columbia
Explorer Seamount
Explorer Seamount
Location of Explorer Seamount
Summit depth830 m (2,723 ft)
Location
LocationNorth Pacific Ocean
Coordinates49°05′N 130°48′W
CountryCanada
Geology
TypeSubmarine volcano
Age of rockHolocene

Explorer Seamount is named after the Coast and Geodetic Survey ship Explorer, which ran from 1940 to 1943 in the northern Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Alaska.[1]

See also

Notes
  1. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency - Undersea Features History Archived 2013-02-17 at the Wayback Machine

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